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Tony LoPinto is CEO of Equinox Partners, an executive search firm specializing in the real estate industry, and parent company of SelectLeaders. The views expressed in this article are the author's own.

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GRUBB & ELLIS
Vice President, Director of Management Services
(DALLAS) Works closely with clients to enhance and maximize the value of the owner's investment in commercial office buildings and facilities in the Dallas territory.

PLUM CREEK LAND CO.
Senior Manager, Marketing & Sales
(NORTHERN US) The hire will develop regional sales and marketing strategies; conduct thorough market assessments, and creating promotion plans to reach buyers in the retail channels.

CUSHMAN & WAKEFIELD
Director of Consulting
(EAST RUTHERFORD, NJ) The hire is responsible for the development of strategic ideas relating to occupancy/co-location and identification of cost-saving opportunities to maintain and advance relations with existing clients and develop new client relationships.

CB RICHARD ELLIS
Controller–Commercial Real Estate Portfolio
(NEW YORK CITY) The controller establishes and maintains accounting systems which comply with generally accepted accounting principles, tax requirements, SEC requirements and management reporting requirements.

JPI–EASTERN DIVISION
VP of Finance & Investment Services
(McLEAN, VA) The hire is responsible for developing consistent underwriting standards, reviewing project underwriting models for accuracy and reasonableness in relation to established standards, closing capital transactions and other duties.
SELECTLEADERS
Private Equity Investment Analyst–Real Estate
(NEW YORK CITY) The hire will assist in the preparation of memoranda and presentations for equity raise transactions, in all aspects of due diligence for all equity raise transactions, and financial modeling, documentation and closing.

STARWOOD HOTELS & RESORTS WORLDWIDE INC.
Senior Manager, Hotel Development Lead Qualification
(WHITE PLAINS) The primary role is to create and manage client relationships and research opportunities to ensure the appropriate identification and qualification of new leads.

MACK-CALI REALTY CORP.
Leasing Director
(GREENBELT, MD) The hire is responsible for marketing and leasing Mack-Cali commercial office real estate and negotiating commercial lease transactions. You will also manage leasing related processes.
Promotions
FIRST INDUSTRIAL REALTY TRUST
(DENVER) Mark Ulrich becomes regional director after four years as head of the leasing group.

WOLF HALDENSTEIN ADLER FREEMAN & HERZ LLP
(NEW YORK CITY) Partners Jeffrey Reich, Steven Sladkus and Lisa Smith will co-chair the real estate practice. Partner Maria Beltrani will continue to head the firm's landlord-tenant practice.

KEYPOINT PARTNERS
(BURLINGTON, MA) William A. Lawler Jr. and Brian L. Kelley become partners. Lawler joined the company in 2000, rising to vice president and director of property and asset management. Kelley has been controller since 2001.

CB RICHARD ELLIS
(HOUSTON and BALTIMORE) Mark Taylor will lead the institutional group, earning a promotion to managing director. Taylor was a principal in Trammell Crow Co. from 2004 until its merger with CBRE. In Baltimore, Michael Rudolph rises to senior vice president after five years with the company.
TMG PARTNERS
(SAN FRANCISCO) David Cropper is made managing director of finance. He joined the company seven years ago as project manager and partner.

CUSHMAN & WAKEFIELD
(LOS ANGELES) Dwight Hotchkiss is promoted to senior managing director from senior director. He will be overseeing the industrial practice for the Western region.

CONRAD PROPERTIES
(CLAYTON, MO) Craig Saur succeeds Kevin Kloster as president of the development company. Saur joined the firm in 1996 as a project manager and fiscal analyst.
New Hires
COHEN FINANCIAL
(PHOENIX) Gregory K. Miskovsky comes on board as managing director to lead the new office, forging an affiliation with Colliers International Inc.'s local team. He has spent the past nine years with Marcus & Millichap Capital Corp., rising to senior director of the Southwest region. Also joining the new team is Brandon Harrington, a former associate loan officer with MMCP.

TRANSWESTERN
(PHOENIX) Johnathan Lindley will oversee marketing and research services for the firm's West region. He previously handled national brokerage marketing projects for Trammell Crow Co.

NEWMARK KNIGHT FRANK
(CHICAGO) Kevin Duckler joins as managing principal to lead the strategic initiatives for the Midwest region. He's spent the past seven years at Equis Corp., most recently as senior vice president.

HARLEM IRVING
(CHICAGO) Walt Irmen is named project manager; Colleen Rolloff, director of open center leasing; and John Worsek, tenant construction manager for mixed-use and retail projects.

LASALLE INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT
(CHICAGO) The firm adds Manuel Zapata as chief investment strategist and Richard Jacobs as portfolio controller in a expansion of its Mexico team. Zapata was most recently a senior underwriter for GE Real Estate. Jacobs was the former assistant controller for Aon Corp.

MONDAY PROPERTIES
(WASHINGTON, DC) Linda Cogburn and John Whatron begin as vice president of operations and vice president of leasing, respectively. Cogburn most recently was managing director for Equity Office Properties Trust's Washington, DC office, and Wharton one of its leasing professionals.

KIMPTON HOTELS & RESTAURANTS
(SAN FRANCISCO) Dan Miller joins as senior vice president of acquisitions and development for the Southeast and Southwest regions. He previously was vice president of capital transactions for FelCor Lodging Trust Inc.

SPERRY VAN NESS
(WEST BLOOMFIELD, MI) Brian Gordon of Gordon Realty becomes part of the network. He will be a senior adviser for the Detroit metro market.

STAUBACH CO.
(NEW YORK CITY and ORLANDO) Eric S. Reimer starts as an executive managing director of corporate services. In Orlando, Eric A. Jackson starts as vice president and Darlene Murphy as a sales associate.

JONES LANG LASALLE
(LOS ANGELES and ISELIN, NJ) Jeff Adkison returns to the firm as a senior vice president to lead its development and asset strategy group in Southern Californian. He was an independent broker for land development after a seven-year stint with JLL's corporate strategy practice. In New Jersey, Dan DePalma starts as vice president after spending the past nine years with CB Richard Ellis.

GENERAL MOTORS CORP.
(DETROIT) Gregory Mack is named regional manager for worldwide real estate in the Southeast US. His predecessor, Michael Drapal, returns to Detroit as manager of the Argonaut Holdings Portfolio.
GRUBB & ELLIS CO.
(ATLANTA) Paul C. Mumford begins as senior vice president to least the hospitality group in the Southeast.

PERSEUS REALTY CAPITAL
(WASHINGTON, DC) Jay Jarrett is made managing director of a newly formed fund-raising platform for investment banking. Jarrett was senior vice president and investor relations director for New Boston Fund.

ESUITES
(TAMPA) Samuel C. Winterbottom joins as president and CEO for the new concept hotel's branding and development. The first hotel breaks ground later this year. He previously was executive vice president of development for Carlson Hotels.

FAISON ENTERPRISES
(ORLANDO) David McLaughlin is named director of construction. He most recently was director of development and construction for National Retail Properties.

W.P. CAREY & CO. LLC
(NEW YORK CITY) Trevor P. Bond has been named as an independent director of the company. The veteran currently invests in real estate limited partnership as a managing member of Maidstone Investment Co. LLC.

LEBOEUF, LAMB, GREENE & MACRAE LLP
(NEW YORK CITY) Stuart Saft is made a partner. He is chairman of the New York City Workforce Investment Board and Council of New York Cooperatives and Condominiums.

SHEA PROPERTIES
(LOS ANGELES) Andres M. Friedman becomes vice president of commercial development and acquisitions for the Aliso Viejo, CA-based company. The veteran hire will oversee the Los Angeles-Ventura office.

IDI
(ATLANTA) Brian Bowron starts as vice president of real estate management for IDI Services Group, a third-party leasing and property management subsidiary. He most recently was director of asset services for CB Richard Ellis.

KOLL DEVELOPMENT
(DALLAS) Randy Touchstone comes on board as vice president and partner to direct the speculative industrial program nationwide. Touchstone previously was principal for Daedelus Corp.

HALSTEAD PROPERTY
(NEW YORK CITY) Michaela Gold starts as a vice president after spending 15 years with Phyliss Koch Real Estate.

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Anthony J. LoPinto

Tony LoPinto is the Global Sector Leader of Korn Ferry’s Real Estate Practice and founder of SelectLeaders. For the past 18 years LoPinto has been serving his clients with deep knowledge and perspective on talent needs and organizational challenges to public and private companies – knowledge gained from a 25-year career in real estate. Prior to his current position, he founded and served as chief executive officer of a boutique real estate executive search firm, where he oversaw offices in New York, Chicago, Washington, DC, San Francisco and Los Angeles. He has successfully led several high profile search engagements for chief executive officers, directors and a wide-range of executive level positions across all industries and sectors. He earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in European history from Loyola University in Chicago.